Species composition and diversity of epipelic algae in Balık Lake (Şavşat-Artvin, Turkey)

Authors

BÜLENT ŞAHİN
BÜLENT AKAR
İMRAN BAHÇECİ

DOI

10.3906/bot-0912-290

Abstract

The species composition and diversity of the epipelic algae of Balık Lake were investigated between May and October 2008. A total of 39 taxa were determined, and Cyclotella meneghiniana, Craticula cuspidata, Closterium strigosum, Cocconeis placentula var. euglypta, and Amphora ovalis were the most conspicuous algae, regarding frequency of occurrence and relative abundance in the epipelic algal flora. While the highest total cell number of the epipelic community was 26,214 cells/cm^2 in October, the lowest was 23,644 cells/cm^2 in July. The highest species diversity index (H^{'}) value was 2.26, in June.

Keywords

Epipelic algae, seasonal variation, diversity, Balık Lake, Turkey

First Page

441

Last Page

448

Recommended Citation

ŞAHİN, BÜLENT; AKAR, BÜLENT; and BAHÇECİ, İMRAN (2010) "Species composition and diversity of epipelic algae in Balık Lake (Şavşat-Artvin, Turkey)," Turkish Journal of Botany: Vol. 34: No. 5, Article 8. https://doi.org/10.3906/bot-0912-290
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/botany/vol34/iss5/8